Sliding lock



W. W. SPURRIER July "8 smnme Locx Filed June so, 1922 v [N vzhh'ok I fVM/wm W jpurr/ ef ATTORNEY Patented July 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES 1,500,345 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. SPURRIER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR THIRTY-EIGHT PE CENT T BEN IE. SGH UE TZ, OF JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI. V a

SLIDING LOCK. I a" g Application filed June 30, 1922. Serial No. 571,986.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it Known that 1, WILLIAM W. SPURRIER, a citizen of the United States, residing St. Louis County, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvetion is toprovide a lock for the purpose stated which is relatlvely simple" and mex pensive in form and construction, which may be readily installed upon the. container,

which may be conveniently actuated into and out of container-locking engagement, and which is exceed ngly efliclent 1n the performancefof its intended functlons.

With the above and other objects in view,

my present invention resides in the novel features of form,constructicn, arrangement,

and combination of parts hereinafter described and afterwards pointed out in the claims. I V 7 7 In the accompanying drawing, 2

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a container in the form of a a invention Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the grip and lock, taken approX -f mately on the line 22, Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view, taken approximately on-the line 33,

Figure 1; and r I Figure 4 is a plan view of the look, a portion or fragment of the grip being shown in dotted 1ines.-

Referring now more in detail and by reference characters to the said drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my'invention, I have shown my new look in 00115 nection witha container in-the form of a grip or satchel having a body 'comprising a bottom wall 1', side walls 22, and end walls 33, the latter being upwardly elongated or extended, as at 4-4, to project above the plane of the upper edges of the side-walls 22. The end-extensions 1 1 are for the most part oppositely beveledor cut away at 'ri e ui ped with a lock embodying 'my' I p form preferably of eyes l t-14, which protheir side edges for co-operation with op-i positely swingable or movable. top-wall sec tions 5-5 hinged at a side edge, as'at 6,; to the upper edges of the side walls 2- 2, the

cover or top sect-ions 55 being formed or provided at their other or free side edge with forwardly presented flanges 7.7' adapted to partly overlap when such sections are in closed position and at their endedges with; laterally presented flanges 83- adapted: to'

overlap the beveled edges of the end eXten-w sions H also when the cover. oritopsecr- :tions are in closed position' Suitably attached to the top-sections 55, are grip" carrying handles 99.

Fixed to and depending in alignment froin the under face of upper flange 7, flange '7.

overlapping upon flange 7 when the cover-5 in Figure 1, is a series of spaced eyes 10-10,-

the other or lower flange? being recessed.

sections 5-5 are in closed position, as seen 1 55 are in closed position. Supportedbyn the eyes 10' for slidable movement longitudinally of the grip, are oppositely disposed preferably cylindrical or round lock-bars.

12-12 flattened or otherwise formed at their opposite inner ends, as at'1313, for side- "wise'overlappingmovement and registration;-

Integral with or otherwise rigidly fixed'zto the bars 12'at their flattened inner ends :13, are upwardly 7 presented extensions in the ject for manual engagement and movement" exteriorly of the grip through a longitudinally disposed slot 15 provided for the purpose, in the flange 7 of said cover-sections 5.

Fixed to and depending in alignment from the underface of the flange 7 oftthe other cover or top-section 5, are spaced lock-eyes 1616; and formed integrally with or otherwise rigedly fixed to the lockbarsv1 2 incooperative :location relatively ."to'the eyes 16,

are oppositely disposed outwardly presented off-set so-called hooks 1717 adapted to fit in and thereby lockingly engage with the with said eyes.

wards the end-walls of the grip. In such movement of the bars 1212, the opposite outer ends thereof are projected into the end lock-eyes or sockets 1818 and the hooks 17 are projected into engagement with the eyes 1616, the eyes 1%14 at the same time being brought into registration. A hasp or the like 19-is then engaged with the registering eyes 14, and the bars 1212 thereby locked against movement and the cover-sections 55 positively locked in closed posi tion.'.

To open the grip, the hasp 19 is first unlocked and disengaged from the eyes 141 to permit movement of the lock-bars 12. The bars 12 are then by means of the eyes 14 manually oppositely moved or shifted inwardly relatively to the grip, and the bars 12 and their hooks 17 thereby disengaged from the lock-eyes 18 and 16, respectively, when the cover-sections -5 may be freely swung to open position.

Ilam' aware that minor changes in the form,construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my new lockmay be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing fromcthe nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a container com pr singa body and having'end walls and a pair of oppositely swingable top sections, of means" for releasably locking said sections together and to said end walls, said means including locking eyes fixed upon said end walls and upon one of the sections, and a pair of oppositely movable lock bars mounted for slidable movement upon the other of said'sections and adapted for engagement 2. The combination with a container comprising a body having end walls and a pair of oppositely swingable top sections, of means for releasably locking said sections together and to said end walls, said means including a pair of oppositelymovable lock bars mounted for slidable movement upon the one of said sections, offset-hooks on said bars, and locking eyes fixed upon said end walls and upon the other of said sections for respectively receiving the/opposite ends of said bars and said hooks.

3. The combination with acontainer comprising a body having end walls and a pair of oppositely swingable top sections, one of said sections being longitudinally slotted, of means for releasablylocking said sections together and tosaid end walls, said means including a pair of oppositely disposed lock bars mounted for slidable movement upon the one of said sections, offset hooks on said bars, locking eyes fixed upon the other of said sections and upon said end walls for respectively receiving said hooks and the opposite ends of said bars, and extensions set hooks on said bars, locking-eyes fixed upon the otherof said sections for receiving said hooks, and eyes on said bars projecting exteriorly of'the container through said slot for receiving a locking-member to prevent shifting of said bars.

5. The combination with a container comprising a body having end walls and a pair of oppositely swingable top sections, one of said sections being longitudinally slotted, of

means for releasably locking said sections. together and to said end walls, said-means,

including a pair of oppositely movable lock bars mounted for slidable movement upon said slotted section, ofiset-hooks on said bars, locking-eyes fixed upon said end walls and upon the other of said sections for. re-f spectively receiving opposite ends of said bars and said hooks, eyes on said bars projecting through said slot and adapted for registration when said bars and hooksare in engagement with said lock-eyes, anda hasp adapted for locking engagement with. the eyes on said bars when the same are in.

registration.

In testimony whereof, I I have signed 7 my,

name to this specification. V 4

WILLIAM W; SPUZRRIER. 

